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Sara Boysen, et al. v. PeaceHealth, et al.
Paid petition · United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 24-5204 · judgment December 3, 2025
(petition-stage, structural)
Well below the 4.1% base rate, with no standout signals pointing toward a grant.
Question presented
Whether the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, consistent with this Court’s precedents in Jacobson v. Massachusetts, 197 U.S. 11 (1905), Berghuis v. Thompkins, 560 U.S. 370 (2010), and Board of Regents of State Colleges v. Roth, 408 U.S. 564 (1972), prohibits a State from conditioning an individual’s right to work in a licensed profession upon being injected with an investigational drug and waiving the right to seek judicial remedies for resulting injuries.
Counsel of record
For petitioner
David J. Schexnaydre
Schexnaydre Law Firm
For respondent
Whitney Alexis Brown
Stoel Rives LLP
Proceedings
- Aug 24 2026Motion to extend the time to file a response is granted and the time is further extended to and including September 8, 2026, for all respondents.
- Aug 20 2026Motion of PeaceHealth, Inc., et al. to extend the time to file a response from August 31, 2026 to September 8, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 17 2026Brief amicus curiae of New Civil Liberties Alliance filed.
- Jul 08 2026The motions to extend the time to file responses are granted and the time is extended to and including August 31, 2026, for all respondents.
- Jul 07 2026Motion of respondents Patrick Allen, et al. to extend the time to file a response from July 17, 2026 to August 31, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jul 07 2026Motion of respondents PeaceHealth, Inc., et al. to extend the time to file a response from July 17, 2026 to August 31, 2026, submitted to The Clerk.
- Jun 17 2026Response Requested. (Due July 17, 2026)
- Jun 02 2026DISTRIBUTED for Conference of 6/18/2026.
- May 27 2026Waiver of right of respondents Patrick Allen, Kate Brown to respond filed.
- May 15 2026Waiver of right of respondents PeaceHealth, Inc., Liz Dunne, Dough Koekkoek, and Todd Salnas to respond filed.
- May 04 2026Petition for a writ of certiorari filed. (Response due June 12, 2026)
- Feb 12 2026Application (25A910) granted by Justice Kagan extending the time to file until May 2, 2026.
- Feb 06 2026Application (25A910) to extend the time to file a petition for a writ of certiorari from March 3, 2026 to May 2, 2026, submitted to Justice Kagan.